Bapska

Bapska
Village (Selo)
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Coordinates: 45°11′50″N19°15′45″E / 45.19722°N 19.26250°E / 45.19722; 19.26250
Country	Croatia
County	Vukovar-Syrmia
Municipality	Ilok
Area [1]
• Total	26.5 km2 (10.2 sq mi)
Elevation	147 m (482 ft)
Population  (2021) [2]
• Total	658
• Density	25/km2 (64/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	32235 Bapska
Area code	+385 0(32)

Bapska (Hungarian : Babafalva, German : Bapskau) is a village in Croatia.

Geography

It is located south of Šarengrad (at the D2 highway) and north of Šid, Serbia.

History

In 1664 the village was raided by the Ottoman forces but was subsequently resettled. ^[3] The old village of Bapska was in 1730s located about two kilometres south from the contemporary village in the location know today as the Stara Bapska (Old Bapska). ^[3]

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, Bapska had 928 inhabitants. ^[4]

Population [5]
1857	1869	1880	1890	1900	1910	1921	1931	1948	1953	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011
1,090	1,275	1,256	1,447	1,504	1,642	1,784	1,752	1,769	1,784	1,948	1,944	1,699	1,624	1,313	928

1991 census

Bapska [6]
1991
total: 1,624    Croats 1,478 (91.00%)    Serbs 33 (2.03%)    Slovaks 28 (1.72%)    Germans 25 (1.53%)    Yugoslavs 16 (0.98%)    Hungarians 5 (0.30%)    Rusyns 5 (0.30%)    Macedonians 2 (0.12%)   others 1 (0.06%)   nondeclared 3 (0.18%)   regionally declared 1 (0.06%)   unknown 27 (1.66%)

1910 census

According to the 1910 census, settlement of Bapska had 1,642 inhabitants (in that time in two independent settlements: Bapska with pop. of 794 and Novak with pop. of 848), which were linguistically and religiously declared as this:

Bapska [7]
Population by language	Population by religion
total: 1,642    Croatian 1,063 (64.73%)    German 348 (21.19%)    Slovak 115 (7.00%)    Serbian 44 (2.67%)    Hungarian 41 (2.49%)    Slovene 20 (1.21%)    Rusyn 9 (0.54%)   others 2 (0.12%)	<div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;<div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0; total: 1,642    Rom. Cath. 1,579 (96.16%)    East. Orthodox 46 (2.80%)    Calvinists 6 (0.36%)    East. Catholics 6 (0.36%)    Lutherans 3 (0.18%)    Jewish 2 (0.12%)   - (-%)   - (-%)

Note: Together with former settlement of Novak.

Language

settlement	total	Croatian	German	Slovak	Serbian	Hungarian	Slovene	Rusyn	others
Bapska	794	514	127	91	19	16	20	6	1
Novak	848	549	221	24	25	25	-	3	1

Religion

settlement	total	Rom. catholics	East. orthodox	Calvinists	East. catholics	Lutherans	Jewish
Bapska	794	765	20	5	3	1	-
Novak	848	814	26	1	3	2	2

References

1. Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata   Q119585703.
2. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2021 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
3. Mirko Marković (2003). Istočna Slavonija: Stanovništvo i naselja. Zagreb: Naklada Jesenski i Turk. p. 53. ISBN   9532221239.
4. "Naslovna".
5. - Republika Hrvatska - Državni zavod za statistiku: Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857.-2001.
6. Book: "Ethnic and religious composition of population of Croatia, 1880-1991: by settlements", author: Jakov Gelo, publisher: Zagreb, Croatian bureau of statistics, 1998., ISBN   953-6667-07-X, ISBN   978-953-6667-07-9;
7. Book: "Ethnic and religious composition of population of Croatia, 1880-1991: by settlements", author: Jakov Gelo, publisher: Zagreb, Croatian bureau of statistics, 1998., ISBN   953-6667-07-X, ISBN   978-953-6667-07-9;